InnoDisk FiD 2.5”/1.8” SATA 10000 & FiD 2.5” ATA 8000 EOL Notice

Due to EOL of the current controller, InnoDisk have announced that they will discontinue the FiD 2.5”/1.8” SATA 10000 and ATA 8000-J series. The products listed below will be phased out of production with a last purchase date of 30th July 2013.

Customer Impact of Change and Recommended Action

Customers are requested to switch from SATA 10000 and ATA 8000-J products to new solutions.

EOL Products

• FiD 2.5” SATA 10000
• FiD 1.8” SATA 10000
• FiD 2.5” ATA 8000-J

To view the full notification and replacement part codes please download the EOL and Replacement Part Codes datasheet.

For more information or to discuss the replacement options, simply contact us on 01622 852 848 or via email.

InnoDisk EOL Announcement - Micron SLC Flash Series EOL Notice

Due to the discontinuation of Micron SLC Flash ICs, InnoDisk have announced that they will discontinue all Micron SLC flash going forward. The products listed below will be phased out of production with a last purchase date of 30th September 2013.

Customer Impact of Change and Recommended Action

Customers are requested to transition from Micron SLC flash products to Toshiba SLC flash products. This affects the following product ranges in the InnoDisk range:

• FID 2.5" SATA 10000
• FID 1.8" SATA 10000
• FiD 2.5" SATA 10000 Plus
• FiD 2.5" ATA 8000-J
• SATA Slim J200
• SATA Slim D150Q
• CFast D150Q
• SD Card
• USB EDC Horizontal
• iCF 4000
• EDC 4000
• iCF 9000
• SATADOM D150SV
• SATADOM D150SV-L
• SATADOM D150QV
• SATADOM D150QV
• mSATA D150Q
• USB Drive

To view the full notification and replacement part codes please download the EOL and Replacement Part Codes datasheet

For more information or to discuss the replacement options, simply contact us on 01622 852 848 or via email.

Jactron Exhibiting at The Device Developers' Conference 2013

Jactron are exhibiting at The UK Device Developers' Conference in May 2013, a conference for developers of "intelligent systems and intelligent devices". It is the ideal event for anyone involved in Embedded Systems development and Electronics Design. The Device Developers' Conference 2013 will be your chance to learn about the latest tools and technologies from around the world.

This event includes - 

• A vendor Exhibition of development tools, software, hardware, design services and production services
• A series of 1/2 Day Technical Workshops - A chance to get hands-on with new technology and to learn new skills
• An agenda of useful and productive Technical Presentations from experts in their field.
• The exhibition and presentations are free to attend. A buffet lunch is provided.

The Conference is taking place across 3 locations in the UK;

• Tuesday 14th May, Bristol (The Holiday Inn)
• Thursday 16th May, Cambridge (The Holiday Inn)
• Wednesday 22nd May, Manchester (Bredbury Hall)

You can easily register for the event here.

Why not come along and discuss your industrial memory and storage requirements with our specialists?

For more information, please visit: http://www.device-developer-conference.co.uk/

InnoDisk EOL Announcement - USB EDC

InnoDisk EOL Notification : USB EDC

Due to the discontinuation of the NAND Flash controller of USB EDC products, InnoDisk has decided to announce an EOL notice on this product. The models will be phased out of production with a last purchase date of 31st May 2013.

Customer Impact of Change and Recommended Action

The next generation replacement model will have better performance, but will remain at a similar cost to the current model. Samples will available in Q2 2013, please contact us if you require this facility.

To view the full notification and replacement part codes please download the USB EDC EOL Notification.

For more information or to discuss the replacement options, simply contact us on 01622 852 848 or via email.

EOL Notification - InnoDisk Wide Temp. MLC Series Products

InnoDisk EOL Notification : Wide Temp. MLC Series Products

Due to the EOL of Micron 34nm MLC Flash and sorting yield issues of current generation MLC Flash, InnoDick has announced the discontinuation of the following product lines:

• InnoLite II 2.5" SATA SSD
• EverGreen (Plus) 2.5" SATA SSD
• EverGreen SATA Slim
• InnoLite SATADOM D150QV-L
• InnoLite mSATA D150Q
• EverGreen mSATA
• InnoLite iCF
• InnoLite EDC(V)
• iCF9000 MLC
• InnoRobust II 2.5" SATA SSD MLC
• InnoLite II 1.8" SATA SSD
• InnoLite SATA Slim D150
• InnoLite SATADOM D150QV
• InnoLite SATADOM D150QH
• InnoLite mSATA mini D150
• InnoLite CFast D150
• InnoLite CF-SATA
• InnoLite EDC(H)
• InnoRobust II 1.8" SATA SSD MLC

To view the full notification, affected product codes and their replacements please download the InnoDisk Wide Temp Series EOL Notification.

For more information or to discuss the replacement options, simply contact us on 01622 852 848 or via email.

Innodisk Initiates New Trends for 2013 in Industrial Flash Memory

Innodisk, a major designer and manufacturer of SSDs for industrial applications, recently spoke about new trends and challenges in the growing industrial flash market at the 2013 DTF (Digitimes Tech Forum) - Embedded Technology & Application, Taiwan's largest technology industry forum. Innodisk has been invited to speak at DTF for three years running. This year’s presentation centers on three new trends for industrial flash memory in 2013:

Trend 1: Back-end designs will determine the overall performance of Flash memory
 
Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Flash memory has been adopted faster than expected, but it has reliability and endurance limitations for industrial applications. Innodisk has developed technology to solve these problems and realize the true potential of MLC Flash, with their innovative back-end design of industrial SSD’s.
 
These innovations include thermal sensors to monitor temperature range, and internal heating pads to assure functioning of MLC Flash at low ambient temperature.  Innodisk has developed their new iSLC technology with their own firmware design, introduced in the final quarter of 2012.
 
“We have the ability to select the best MLC Flash memory”, says CC Wu, director of Innodisk's Embedded Flash Division, “and our proprietary firmware technologies  make our iSLC products perform almost as well as SLC, while keeping a lower price.”
 
Innodisk’s newly revised iSMART 3.0 monitoring tool analyzes all storage devices in a system.  Users can observe some key features, including temperature, read/write performance, and lifespan of each Flash storage device.  The latest iSMART tool can also be configured to alert users of the SSD wear-leveling status.
 

Trend 2: Adoption of SATA III is on the rise in industrial control applications in 2013
 
SATA III (6.0 GB/s) has been the mainstream data connection interface for consumer applications since 2011. The industrial market has relied on SATA II for older generation and current designs, but will look to SATA III for an increase in performance without sacrificing reliability.
 
As SATA III technology has matured, Innodisk has aggressively allocated R&D resources to develop faster SSDs over the past 6 months. After testing SATA III SSDs on the SATA II platform, they found a two-fold increase in read/write speeds. Innodisk introduced its first 2.5” SATA III SSD product line in the first quarter of 2013, and will release small form factor SATA III SATADOM and mSATA to the market later this year.
 

Trend 3: Small form factor devices will become mainstream
 
Small form factor devices will become the norm in the industrial sector in 2013, partly due to the industry's adoption of Intel's Next Generation Form Factor standard (NGFF) specification.  This industry-wide trend of miniaturization allows data centers to pack more units in the same amount of space and enables a dramatic increase in data transfer speed.
 
Innodisk will introduce small form factor products based on Intel's NGFF specification in the second half of 2013. The company has already gained a foothold in the market for miniaturized modules, with its most important product line, SATADOM, with patented Pin 7 technology.
 
Innodisk believes these three trends of firmware design, SATA III adoption and miniaturization will drive industrial flash memory in 2013.

To discuss the InnoDisk product range contact us on 01622 852 848 or via email.

Product Change Notification - InnoDisk Hynix DDR3 Die Change

InnoDisk Product Change Notification: InnoDisk DDR3 product change from Hynix DDR3 256*8 C Die to Hynix DDR3 256*8 E Die

InnoDisk has announced the product change notification for DDR3 Hynix 2Gbit (256x8) C die 1333Mhz and 1600Mhz to Hynix 2Gbit (256x8) E Die 1600Mhz.

This relates to the products listed below:
• Embedded Series (Long DIMM / SO-DIMM / Low-profile)of DDR3 DRAM Modules.
• Server Series (Unbuffered W / ECC DIMM) of DDR3 DRAM Modules.
• Special Series (32-bits/ Mini-DIMM/ Unbuffered W/ECC SO-DIMM) of DDR3 DRAM Modules.

Key Characteristics of the Change:
• Hynix 2Gb (256*8 )C Die product change.
• All M3xx-xxHJxxxx-C product will change to M3xx-xxHJxxxx-E.
• Major change is DRAM die change(C die -> E die)

LAST TIME BUY: 20th May 2013

To view the full notification and affected part codes download InnoDisk DDR3 Hynix 2Gb (256*8 )C Die Product Change PCN.

Contact us for further information on 01622 852 848.

Your New Choice for SSDs - InnoDisk 2iE Series using iSLC Technology

InnoDisk, a worldwide leading manufacturer of industrial data storage solutions, is proud to announce a series of flash products with a new and exclusive technology---iSLC [2IE series], designed to outdo the endurance, performance and reliability of MLC-based solutions.
 
Through the use of flash management algorithms, iSLC improves SSD endurance up to 30,000 times, increasing lifespans to at least 10 times longer than MLC-based solutions. In addition, iSLC improves the performance of solid state drives, with similar write performance of SLC-based solutions, and with data quality that is on par with SLC technologies.

The InnoDisk iSLC series is extremely cost efficient, boasting excellent benefits at only half the price of SLC-based solutions.

For many years, the flash industry has known SLC NAND flash to be more reliable and maintain longer endurance than MLC, and was in turn accepted it as the best choice for industrial and enterprise applications, albeit at the expense of increased costs. While MLC flash has become attractive in recent years as a cost-saving alternative to SLC, both the endurance and performance will almost certainly decrease in the near future. To compensate for flash technology node progression (from 4xnm to 2xnm), flash manufacturers would need to specify more error correction code (ECC) to achieve a higher endurance. According to recent testing data, 5xnm MLC requires ECC capabilities to be 8 bits, while 2xnm MLC requires that ECC capabilities be increased to 24 bits. InnoDisk is disrupting the industry, providing an answer amid economic concerns, with new iSLC technology, the 2IE product series.

Contact us for further information on 01622 852 848 or via email.

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